Once Upon a Lifetime

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  • Absolutely!

    Do you need time? Of course I need time!!! Anyone sane knows that time is the actual currency! I think the more time we have, the more freedom and options we get. I also value being able to spend more time with my daughter 💕 so anything that ensures us more time together is on…

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  • Major historical events that I remember

    What major historical events do you remember? The first major historical event I can remember was when I was 3 years old and I had put a bead in my ear and my mom had to take me to the emergency room to get it out… I remember watching the Challenger explode over and over…

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  • Personal Goals

    What was the hardest personal goal you’ve set for yourself? There’s been several: Graduate college: took me 20 years to get an associates degree Run a marathon: started with halves in 2009 Complete a triathlon: did my first sprint in California (maybe 2012 or 2013) First Ultra-marathon/relay: 2014- Ragnar Napa First half Ironman: NOLA 2015…

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  • Best pieces of advice

    What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? ‘If you wouldn’t seek out that person for advice, then don’t listen to their criticism”. This took me YEARS to understand and embrace, but now that I get it, it makes all the sense! “It is our choices that show us what we truly are, far…

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  • Loving home

    What do you love about where you live? There are a few things I love about where I live: First is the weather! (Minus that week or 2 in August when it’s too hot to do anything). Second is the location 😃 I’m about 25 minutes from my job, almost all highway time, a few…

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  • Favorite Movies

    What are your top ten favorite movies? In no particular order: (And of course there’s more than 10- why limit ourselves?!) –All of the Harry Potter films (I’m counting them all as 1 😃) –Jurassic Park –Jungle Cruise –I love you, man –Moana –ET –Aladdin (original and the live remake) –The Lion King –Jaws –The…

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  • Happiness

    List 30 things that make you happy. But why stop at 30?!? 1. Maddie 2. Timmy (our bearded dragon) 3. Christmas Tree (our green anole) 4. Weekends at Disney 5. Pop Century 6. Animal Kingdom 7. EPCOT 8. Flower and Garden Festival 9. Shrimp and Grits 10. Violet lemonade 11. Beer flights 12. Baseline Taphouse…

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  • Finding Peace

    What brings you peace? My daughter is one of my greatest sources of peace… just being with her helps me feel at ease. I was never the type of person who felt incomplete, but when Maddie isn’t with me- I feel like a part of me is missing. Before I had Maddie, running, swimming, surfing,…

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  • We got to try Illuminations Villian Con- Minion Blast! (On the day it soft opened! 😃)

    First off- if I tried to plan to be there for the opening day of ANYTHING, it would have been a nonexistent disaster 🤪 so the fact that we were actually at Universal the weekend this attraction opened is something amazing that I won’t ever forget! Maddie and I got to visit Universal just a…

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  • Finally Back to Universal!

    I typically like to visit Universal and Disney once a month or every other month… but these last 6 months have been different. First, I finally closed on our new-build home at the end of last year, which of course brings its own new features. Second, Maddie started at a new school in our new…

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